Rising Stars - March 3, 2025 - John H

In this episode of the Tasty podcast, the host interviews Jonathan, an Oxford University graduate, about his journey into trading. Jonathan recounts his early career in real estate debt strategies at Blackstone, his initial foray into options trading after discovering Mike's Whiteboard, and the challenges he faced, including skepticism from colleagues and a significant loss in 2022 when he started trading single name equities. He discusses his comeback by focusing on futures options, his success in 2023 and 2024, which led him to become a full-time trader, and his current strategies involving skewed strangles on futures options. The conversation also touches on Jonathan's future aspirations of raising capital to merge his real estate expertise with public equities trading.